Bartholomeu Días failed to complete a sea voyage to India because __________
A) he died of malaria after rounding the Cape of Good Hope
B) he miscalculated the distance and ended up in the New World
C) his sailors insisted on returning home
D) he was attacked by pirates in the Mediterranean Sea
Answer: C
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A) As a mercenary strikebreaker in the employ of industrialists and landowners. B) As a military genius who led Italy to success in World War I. C) As a socialist party organizer and communist sympathizer. D) As a writer of Italian novels. E) As a statesman who won popular election to the Italian parliament.
The decision of the U.S. Senate to censure President Jackson over his actions in destroying the national bank
A) hampered the president politically in his ability to enact legislation and manage Congressional relations throughout the balance of his second term. B) had no measurable effect on the president's ability to enact legislation or manage Congressional affairs during the remainder of his presidency. C) was the result of a compromise agreement with President Jackson for Congress not to seek impeachment of the president. D) foreclosed the possibility of the president passing any of his favored legislation for the balance of his second term.
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A. draw the nobility into state service B. eliminate the need for nobles to serve the central state C. force nobles into military service D. restrict religious leaders from controlling parts of the central state
Which of the following statements about the health of black Americans is LEAST accurate?
a. Immigrants from majority-black countries experience worse health than blacks born in the United States, and the longer they live in the U.S. the healthier they become. b. Black Americans are roughly five times as likely to die from asthma than non-black Americans. c. While diabetes is afflicting more and more Americans of all types, it has struck African Americans to a disproportionate degree. d. Of all American groups, black Americans have the shortest life expectancies and are more than 30% more likely to die of cancer than white Americans.